Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Be more grammatically accurate and expand slightly with a clear topic sentence and one brief supporting detail. Use past tense for childhood and add a short detail (e.g., who gave it to you or how you used it). Keep it natural and under five sentences.

例: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. My parents bought it for me when I was eight, and I rode it to visit friends in my neighborhood every afternoon.

提案: Make the sentence grammatically correct, avoid contractions like "bike's" for possession/confusion, and give a specific reason with a linking word. Provide one or two concrete supporting details (e.g., infrastructure, cost, culture). Keep it concise and coherent.

例: Yes, I think bicycles are a popular form of transport in my country because many people prefer them for short trips. For example, there are good bike lanes in cities and cycling is cheaper than owning a car, so many commuters choose bikes.

× Yes, I have a bike.

✓ Yes, I had a bike.

The examiner asked about possession in the past ('when you were a child'), so the student should use the past tense 'had' rather than the present tense 'have'. Use past simple for completed past states; practice by matching verb tense to time expressions (e.g., 'when I was a child', 'when I was five').

× Yes, I think bike's popular transport in my country because we don't like driving in a car.

✓ Yes, I think bikes are a popular form of transport in my country because we don't like driving cars.

There are multiple issues: 'bike's' is a contraction or possessive and incorrect here; use plural 'bikes' to talk generally. Use 'are' to agree with plural subject (subject-verb agreement/present tense). Also add the article 'a' and phrase 'form of transport' for natural English, and use 'driving cars' not 'driving in a car'. The correction addresses pluralization, verb agreement, article usage, and natural collocation. Suggestion: say 'Bikes are a popular form of transport' or 'Bicycles are popular in my country'.